TNA Says:
Plus, Thursday’s IMPACT will feature a HUGE main event bout as it will be CHAMPION vs. CHAMPION! NEW World Heavyweight Champion Chris Sabin will battle NEW X-Division Champion Manik! Don’t miss what is sure to be an action-packed match between two of the most acclaimed high-flying superstars in wrestling today!
Best Case Scenario: Sabin has a highly athletic, hard-hitting match in which he shows fans who may not know him as well what he can do. Sabin brings his signature X Division “energy,” but works a more dramatic main event style which helps him contrast with Manik in a clear way. These two have a fifteen-plus minute match (during which Aces & Eights stays away) that Sabin ultimately wins cleanly with his finisher in the middle of the ring. The match serves to establish Sabin as an athletic, fighting champion and does something to make Manik’s character more real and intriguing.
Worst Case Scenario: Sabin blows out both his knees, necessitating the finish to be changed on the fly. Manik becomes the new TNA World Heavyweight Champion and begins his Masked Reign of Mystery, or something terrible like that.
Dave Says: Wait, didn’t they already say Styles vs. Aries was the MAIN EVENT in very persuasive caps lock? Now I’m just confused. On a serious note, you have to read pretty far down this preview before you see World Heavyweight Champion Chris Sabin’s name. That’s a problem.
